Cited by 169Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsMitochondrial Function and PathologyAutophagy in Disease and Therapy

Mitochondrial uncoupling and lifespan

Open access
Mookerjee, Shona A., Divakaruni, Ajit S., Jastroch, Martin, Brand, Martin D.·2010·Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Abstract

The quest to understand why we age has given rise to numerous lines of investigation that have gradually converged to include metabolic control by mitochondrial activity as a major player. That is, the ideal balance between nutrient uptake, its transduction into usable energy, and the mitigation of damaging byproducts can be regulated by mitochondrial respiration and output (ATP, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and heat). Mitochondrial inefficiency through proton leak, which uncouples substrate oxidation from ADP phosphorylation, can comprise as much as 30% of the basal metabolic rate. This uncoupling is hypothesized to protect cells from conditions that favor ROS production. Uncoupling can also occur through pharmacological induction of proton leak and activity of the uncoupling proteins. Mitochondrial uncoupling is implicated in lifespan extension through its effects on metabolic rate and ROS production. However, evidence to date does not suggest a consistent role for uncoupling in lifespan. The purpose of this review is to discuss recent work examining how mitochondrial uncoupling impacts lifespan.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.mad.2010.03.010

Cites

149 of 149 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • Mitochondria are essential regulators of cellular bioenergetics that respond to changes in environmental stimuli such as hormones, nutrients, and oxygen tension.

    “Mitochondria are essential regulators of cellular bioenergetics that respond to changes in environmental stimuli, such as hormones, nutrients, and oxygen tension (47, 94, 99, 109, 290, 301, 385).”

    From Redox regulation of mitochondrial function (2012) · cites this paper as [301]

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Mookerjee, S. A., Divakaruni, A. S., Jastroch, M., & Brand, M. D.
Affiliations
Buck Institute for Research on Aging (US)
Corresponding author
Mookerjee, Shona A.
Venue
Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-07
Volume
131
Issue
7-8
Pages
463-472
ISSN
0047-6374 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2061352989
Cited by
169
References
149
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 10
FWCI
3.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Mechanisms of Ageing and Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Site cant be reached (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (R01AG033542, PL1AG032118, P01AG025901, P30AG025708)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
Keywords
mitochondrial uncoupling, lifespan extension, aging, proton leak, uncoupling proteins, reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial respiration, basal metabolic rate, substrate oxidation, ADP phosphorylation, thermogenesis
MeSH terms
Adenosine Triphosphate, Age Factors, Aging, Animals, Energy Metabolism, Glucose, Humans, Insulin, Longevity, Mitochondria, Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Proteins, Caloric Restriction

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review